"Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction."
- Mark Lawrence
"We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll ..."
"Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew faint, the hint of a whisper. 'In the end pride is the only evil, the root of all sins.''Pride is all..."
"No man should go to Valhalla with brothel rash."
"Death was kind.” He drew a sharp breath. “But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child."
"Let's go to Valhalla with the sun on our faces."
"I've never had much use for religion, except when it comes to swearing or begging for mercy."
"People always want to know things . . . until they hear them, and then it's too late. Knowledge is a rug of a certain size, and the world is larger. It's not what remains uncovered at the edges that s..."
"When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and I fought to save them both. But the thorns held me tight. I've learned to appreci..."
"Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?"